plant based protein

I remember when burger king or mcDonalds came out with a Veggie Burger. Maybe it wasn't a fake burger in there, maybe it was, i don't remember now but it really wasn't too bad.

That disappeared.

Now we have this plant based crap is the only word i can think of to describe it and it is AWFUL. What? did they make it taste worse just so they could torture us??

I like vegetarian food but I won't eat the stuff that pretends to be meat.

Red Lily wrote:I like vegetarian food but I won't eat the stuff that pretends to be meat.

I like Indian vegetarian, and I enjoy a nice salad, and don't mind my veges either , Im a little weary of fake meat, its got to be highly processed, best just to eat less real meat ?

I was a vegetarian for quite a few years in my youth. I drove past an abattoir one day and almost threw up. The smell and the cries haunted me for what seemed like forever! So I decided that if I couldn't kill my own animals (humanely) I didn't deserve to eat them.

So I learned a lot about vegetarian food and how to cook it. I still love cooking vegetarian but I also love my meat.

When my youngest's girlfriend was living with us a few years ago she bought all this fake meat crap and left some of it in my freezer so I tried some of the fake chicken nuggets.

It had the flavor or chicken but it did taste highly processed, which it is. I threw the rest out Lol.

I'd prefer to have a spinach and feta pie or a lentil burger.

A classic combination Feta and spinach I enjoy both, separately or combined,,

I know one of the butchers at the local Aussie butcher, when you go out back it has the smell of decaying meat. Its subtle but its there,

last year I took a couple of lambs to my home kill slaughter man , He usually comes here, He has a few acres in Helensville , lives and kills on the property , I was inside chatting to his wife and I could smell rotten meat , they just get used to it lol

He treats the meat hygienically, but has a offal pit for skins and guts, then there's the blood when he cuts their throats , On a nice hot summers day it gets ugly real quick lol

vege57 wrote:

Red Lily wrote:I like vegetarian food but I won't eat the stuff that pretends to be meat.

I like Indian vegetarian, and I enjoy a nice salad, and don't mind my veges either  , Im a little weary of fake meat, its got to be highly processed, best just to eat less real meat ?

Totally.
Many fake meats have LOTS of salt in them for 'taste'. It is very unhealthy for anyone.

Meats ok. A good steak with a beer at 2 pm after a huge mornings work is nigh on perfect.
Fish and salad is really good.
Vego meals are really good

Sprintcyclist wrote:

vege57 wrote:

Red Lily wrote:I like vegetarian food but I won't eat the stuff that pretends to be meat.

I like Indian vegetarian, and I enjoy a nice salad, and don't mind my veges either  , Im a little weary of fake meat, its got to be highly processed, best just to eat less real meat ?

Totally.
Many fake meats have LOTS of salt in them for 'taste'. It is very unhealthy for anyone.

Meats ok. A good steak with a beer at 2 pm after a huge mornings work is nigh on perfect.
Fish and salad is really good.
Vego meals are really good

A nice char grilled steak, rare heading toward medium and a beer, is somewhat a religious experience, and a nice fresh salad . Lettuce, tomato , mung beans , charred capsicum, feta , red onion, avocado, some blanched asparagus , a little grated carrot and a nice vinaigrette

I'm getting hungry now !!

............. A nice char grilled steak, rare heading toward medium and a beer, is somewhat a religious experience, and a nice fresh salad . Lettuce, tomato , mung beans , charred capsicum, feta , red onion, avocado, some blanched asparagus , a little grated carrot and a nice vinaigrette ..............

I find the wagyu 'marbled' steaks to be really awful.

Would FAR prefer salmon.

Sprintcyclist wrote:I'm getting hungry now !!

.............  A nice char grilled steak, rare heading toward medium and a beer, is somewhat a religious experience, and a nice fresh salad . Lettuce, tomato , mung beans , charred capsicum, feta , red onion, avocado, some blanched asparagus , a little grated carrot and a nice vinaigrette      ..............

its 1:30 here and just realized I haven't eaten today, been busy. will probably hang out till dinner . Im doing a roast chicken and salad, made a nice potato salad yesterday, with some bacon, red onion chives and parsley fresh outta the garden , yum